Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 166

   

 Summary:

Guilty by self-confession, Yuji is sentenced to death by a judge. Higuruma tries to carry out the sentence, but when he sees someone else being falsely prosecuted, he remembers his roots.

Plot:

While still in law school, Higuruma was approached by an associate he called Mr. Yoshizawa. Higuruma thought it would be about the proposal he made, but Yokizawa actually wanted to try to convince Higuruma to become a judge.

In the present, Judgeman gives Yuji the death penalty over confiscation. This transforms Higurum's mallet into a Kata's sword, capable of killing its target with a single slash.

Higuruma believes that to empathize with people is to understand all their weaknesses. He can't help but perceive the fragility as ugly. Including Yuji, everyone is weak and ugly to Higuruma no matter what he wants to be better. He doesn't think there is anything more in people and likens it to shining a light in the darkness that will lead to a greater emptiness.

Yuji tries to keep Higuruma away by launching several theater chairs at his opponent. He also throws away his Jujutsu High jacket to distract Higuruma and get behind him. When Higuruma notices this, Yuji drops his hoodie and manages to block Higuruma's vision for a moment. He throws a kick but Higuruma is able to jump over. Yuji throws from below at the same Higuruma who slashes at him with Kata's sword.

In a past interview with Mr. Yokizawa, Higuruma refused to become a judge because he felt he was not ambitious enough. He had always believed that humans were weak and ugly, but he valued it because it was something very unique to humans. Higuruma recalls this memory because Yuji confessed to a crime he did not commit. Information presented as evidence inside Higurum's domain is shared with him before he even opens it. The evidence in the new trial involved Sukuna, and Higuruma knows that Yuji was not the one who committed the crime. He just can't understand why Yuji would confess to something he didn't do.

Higuruma willingly deactivates the Executioner's Sword, allowing Yuji's uppercut to land. He crashed into the seats, confusing Yuji. Before even bothering to get up from the blow, Higuruma declares that the absence of reason or control means non-parts. He adds that Sukuna was in possession of the body and since Yuji did not give up control voluntarily, he is innocent. Yuji doesn't see it that way and still claims responsibility for believing that the death only happened because he is too weak. Higuruma understands and Yuji asks him why he deactivated his cursed technique. Higuruma stands up and replies that he remembered why he got into rights in the first place. Plus, there are other weak people who need help, so Higuruma decides to let Yuji use his points.

Higuruma invites Yuji to sit down after putting his clothes back on. He asks Yuji if he has ever killed someone of his own free will. Yuji glumly replies that he does. Remembering how he murdered the prosecutor and trial judge Keita Oe, Higuruma asks Yuji if that made him feel terrible as well.